Lesley Stedman Weidenbener reports: The state’s highest court said Thursday that a law that bans some automated calls with recorded messages does not violate the free speech clause of the Indiana Constitution and can be enforced. But the law remains under scrutiny in a federal lawsuit as well. The Indiana law applies to commercial and…
Category: Laws
Data-Crazy Department of Education Throws Privacy Out the Window
Ann Kane is singing my tune: Data is king in the progressives’ world. The more they have on you, the more they can control you. A New York Post article brings to light the slippery slope of the State’s intrusion into the private lives of students and their families. Obama’s Department of Education has rewritten the rules…
Mexico Issues New Privacy Regulations Effective December 22, 2011
On December 21, 2011, Mexico issued the final version of its Regulations of the Federal Law for the Protection of Personal Data Held by Private Parties (Reglamento de la Ley Federal de Protección de Datos Personales en Posesión de los Particulares). Read more on Hunton & Williams Privacy and Information Security Law Blog.
Orin Kerr: An Equilibrium-Adjustment Theory of the Fourth Amendment
Orin Kerr has an article in the current issue of Harvard Law Review, “An Equilibrium-Adjustment Theory of the Fourth Amendment.” Here’s the abstract: Fourth Amendment law is often considered a theoretical embarrassment. The law consists of dozens of rules for very specific situations that seem to lack a coherent explanation. Constitutional protection varies dramatically based…